The farmer will never know about these “Singularity inventors”.
The inventors themselves may not know. The scenario presumes that the “Singularity inventors” have control of their “invention” and know that it is “the creation of the Singularity”. The history of world-changing inventions of the past suggests that no-one will be in control of “the Singularity”. No-one at the time will know that that is what it is, and will participate in whatever it looks like according to their own local interests.
The farmer will not know about the Singularity, but he’s probably on Facebook.
The inventors themselves may not know. The scenario presumes that the “Singularity inventors” have control of their “invention” and know that it is “the creation of the Singularity”. The history of world-changing inventions of the past suggests that no-one will be in control of “the Singularity”. No-one at the time will know that that is what it is, and will participate in whatever it looks like according to their own local interests.
Except for all the people on this site, who talk nonstop about deliberately setting off such a thing?
The farmer will never know about these “Singularity inventors”.
The inventors themselves may not know. The scenario presumes that the “Singularity inventors” have control of their “invention” and know that it is “the creation of the Singularity”. The history of world-changing inventions of the past suggests that no-one will be in control of “the Singularity”. No-one at the time will know that that is what it is, and will participate in whatever it looks like according to their own local interests.
The farmer will not know about the Singularity, but he’s probably on Facebook.
Except for all the people on this site, who talk nonstop about deliberately setting off such a thing?
“Why, so can I, and so can any man
but will they foom when you do conjure them?”
The annotated RichardKennaway:
This is a quote from Henry IV part I, when Glendower is showing off to the other rebels, claiming to be a sorceror, and Hotspur is having none of it.
Glendower:
I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
Hotspur:
Why, so can I, or so can any man
But will they come when you do call for them?
As a happy coincidence...